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In the Context of "1,000 Years" of Warfare, Drones Are "More Humane" | Mother Jones

www.motherjones.com on 02/18/2013

Excerpt: "To be honest, I believe that drones are a lot more civilized than what we used to do, you know, when Sherman shelled Atlanta or when the Allies firebombed Dresden in World War II, it was all collateral damage. It was virtually all civilians. And that was the way of war until very recently," King said on Friday's episode of MSNBC's Morning Joe. "The drones, although there is some collateral damage, basically is a very smart artillery shell. [I]f you put it in a context of 1,000 years of war, I think it's actually a more humane weapon because it can be targeted to specific enemies and specific people. " Of course, that doesn't have much to do with drone critics' actual arguments, and Sen.... read the full post.
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